...But this could be some new game mode, perhaps for some tournaments - one group has to defend him, the other(s) have to conquer him.

Or a more king of the hing like version, whoever manages to hold him longest in his house, to defend him from all attacks wins

I think that having new game "modes" would be a great idea. This would add a lot of variation to the game and the tournaments.

Modes that I suggest are:
-King of the Hill (see above)
-Capture the planet/WP - there is a dummy target (planet/WP) that you have to keep control of; whoever has the control of it for the longest will win; also, we can make it whoever has control of it at the end of the time limit
-Deathmatch - this mode is pretty simple; once you are integrated, you are out of the match; 1/2 of your planets (including the ships on them) and the resources are transfered to the conquerer

A capture the flag like version would be, there are two dummy targets, one for each side, and the one who conquers it more often wins.

Perhaps a race is possible to.

Either with ships, from planet to planet, only knowning some checkpoints, or with wp - but for this, you would need to create a area where a wp can not fly to. Or an npc who's attacking all within range, so everybody would follow the set course.

Don't know if it would be that good, but it works out the one or the other way in almost all games

I was thinking of another idea for more "classic" CTF:
-Each team has a flag planet. This planet contains the parts for the "flag" ship.
-The flag is a medium power ship (H5.5 or something; a class that does not exist).
-You capture an opponents planet, and "build" the flag at their planet.
-You have to bring the "flag" back to your team's flag planet to score.
-If in a battle, your flag is destroyed, then you have lost the flag.
-Whoever has the most points by the end of the match wins.

Capture the flag would be a interesting mode, but i think - Maelstroem
must change many rules to make it playable. If i remember me on the little Sharewarespiel "Capture the flag" so can i say its a run and hide game. The run are possible in Kosmor, but not the hide.

Okay :

- Neutral Planets should have in this mode a natural hide-effect. Of this way can a WP fly from neutral planet to the next neutral planet, and the enemy can't see him.

- Planets without ships have a reduced scanradius, perhaps 40 LY only
(60 LJ with radarstation). That build more areas, where a enemy WP can
fly throught the lines of the enemy house. The enemy must use his ships
to patrol his empire and defend his Flag-WP.

- A shoot down should not integrate the player, it should only destroy automatical all ships which he own. Capture the flag is a teamgame.
If a player are shoot down, he must fly back to his planets to build new ships.

- The Throw to friendly planet effekt for a WP should be deactivate to force a player to fly back to his planets after a shoot down.

- Each Player of a team must have the some jump-option - 150 LJ more not. Capture the flug isn't a jump-game.

- The revolution and the rebellionoption must be hide. It should exist only two houses in this mode.

Two unchangeable houses seems important for capture the flag... or maybe we try a complete different version?
But I don't think it should be a hide game. If you carry the flag on your warplanet, you should be marked somehow and you can only hide in the dark, where the enemy has no planets. Of course planets can be conquered. Neutral planets are like in the real game.
In real capture the flag games the player with the big cloured flag is always more visible.
Maybe in kosmor it should exist more then two houses with flags... maybe 3 or 4 with 4 to 6 members each? But how do you decide who of the team the houseleader is, if you can't be conquered?
This would be a new game^^

Two unchangeable houses seems important for capture the flag... or maybe we try a complete different version?
But I don't think it should be a hide game. If you carry the flag on your warplanet, you should be marked somehow and you can only hide in the dark, where the enemy has no planets. Of course planets can be conquered. Neutral planets are like in the real game.
In real capture the flag games the player with the big cloured flag is always more visible.
Maybe in kosmor it should exist more then two houses with flags... maybe 3 or 4 with 4 to 6 members each? But how do you decide who of the team the houseleader is, if you can't be conquered?
This would be a new game^^

I believe we talk about two different "capture the flag". I know Capture the flag as a game, where a area are divide in two sides. Each team hide the flag of her area and after they have do that - it are not allowed to carry the flag to a other part of the area. Out this reason it are important to defend the flag. If the other team observe the flag, it can plan the last attack

Each team must observe the other area and defend his own area.
Meet a attacker a defender he must fight against him. Should he lose he must walk (not run) back to the own area - that need time. Should the defender lose, he don't must wait a time - he can immediately follow the attacker and can attack him again.